Madras Collection

Avro York C1 G-AGNN BOAC
A BOAC aircraft until sold to British South American Airways in 1947. Named Madras while at BOAC it was renamed Star Crest at BSa. It flew again with BOAC and then Skyways of London. Date: 1946

Alexander Jamieson & Co Ltd, Darvel, Scotland
Advert, Alexander Jamieson & Co Ltd, Muslin and Lace Curtains, Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland. 1905

Thomas the Apostle 2
THOMAS DIDYMUS is famous for doubting the resurrection of Jesus; later he went as a missionary to Parthia and India, where he was pierced with lances near Madras

Emden Shells Madras
The German cruiser Emden bombards the oil tanks in the harbour of Madras, India, and causes substantial damage to shipping. But she, too, will be destroyed

Hurricane at Madras, India: wrecks on the beach Date: 1872

India - Madras early 1900s

India - Trichinopoly Madras early 1900s

India - Seringham Temple Trichinopoly Madras early 1900s

View of Madras, India Date: 1857-1858

Parchment commission, 2nd Lieutenant Henry Vaughan
Parchment commission document for 2nd Lieutenant Henry Vaughan, Madras Corps of Engineers, East India Company Date: 1852

Royal Scots Football Team, outdoor sporting portrait with twenty two players and silver cup. Captioned, Winners of the Madras Presidency Association Football Tournament'. Date: 1895

Vitla Roya temple, Humpi, India
Vitla Roya temple at the temple complex of Humpi, India. This temple complex is one of the oldest in India, from around the 12th Century, and is now a UNESCO world heritage site

Bas-reliefs, temple complex, Humpi, India
The walls of one of the temples at Humpi, Madras, India, showing the bas-reliefs ( a type of sculpture which has less depth in the faces and figures, allowing viewing from multiple angles)

Bishtapiah Gopara in ruins at Humpi, India
Bishtapiah Gopara at the temple complex of Humpi, India. This temple complex is one of the oldest in India, from around the 12th Century, and is now a UNESCO world heritage site

A Reckla animal cart pulled by a bullock, Madras, India. Date: circa 1910

Fishing boats, and view of Madras from the Jetty
19th century vintage photograph: Fishing boats, and view of Madras from the Jetty, Chennai

Madras from the sea with fishing catamarans, India
19th century vintage photograph: Madras from the sea with fishing catamarans, India

c. 1880s India - along waterfront, probably Madras Chennai
c.1880s India - along the waterfront, probably Madras Chennai

Prosobranchia sea snail shells: triumphant star turban, Guildfordia triumphans 1, imperial cone, Conus imperialis 2, Madras harp, Harpa davidis 3, Venus comb, Murex pecten pecten 4, branched murex

BURYING CHILD ALIVE
Encouraged by her family and a local magician, a woman of Madras, India, kidnaps a baby and buries it alive, to coax a goddess to reveal the location of hidden treasure Date: 1925

MADRAS SORCERY
Madras, India : to encourage a goddess to reveal where treasure is hidden, a lady kidnaps a child and buries it alive, backed by her family and the local magician Date: 1925

Madras Juggler imprisoning girl in basket - Jill in the Box
Jill in the Box - The Madras Juggler imprisoning his girl in a basket. Performed at Wemblet in 1925. circa 1925

MADRAS CHECK FROCK 1940S
A young woman, wearing a madras check dress with short puff sleeves, paints her nails. Date: 1940s

Pounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai, India
Pounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai (Madras), India Date: circa 1920

Rajaji Hall (Banqueting Hall), Chennai, India
Rajaji Hall, previously known as the Banqueting Hall, Madras, is a public hall in the city of Chennai, India used for social functions

Statue of Queen Victoria, Madras (Chennai) India circa 1897. Date: circa 1897

China Bazaar Road, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
China Bazaar Road, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1910

Catalina flying boat VA723, Redhills Lake, Madras, India
Catalina flying boat VA723, in service with the RAF at Redhills Lake, Madras, India. This type of flying boat was widely used during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Madras (Chennai) from the jetty, Tamil Nadu, India
Madras (Chennai) viewed from the jetty, Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1890s

Senate House, Madras Chennai University, India
Senate House, Madras Chennai University, Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1890s

Indian boy sitting on Victoria Regia water lily leaf
An Indian boy in Madras sitting on a Victoria Regia giant tropical water lily leaf, demonstrating its great strength. The leaf has taken on some water, but is staying afloat. Date: July 1914

East India Company coin, Madras Presidency
An East India company coin dated 1803, during the Madras Presidency. Bearing the coat of arms of two lions with flags and a shield, surmounted by a helmet, and the motto below: Ausp. Regis & Senat

Brahmins walking on hot coals near Madras, India
Near Madras, India, forty Brahmins of the Soivrasta sect demonstrate their piety by walking on hot coals. Date: 1908

Finding of the body of Saint Thomas in India
The Portuguese in India find the body of Saint Thomas at Meliapur (near Madras) and take it to Goa

View from Landing Place, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
View of the city from the Landing Place, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1904

Connemara Hotel, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Bachelors quarters, Connemara Hotel, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1904

Roof Garden, Hotel d Angelis, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Roof Garden, Hotel d Angelis, Mount Road, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1910

General Prendergast winning the Victoria Cross at Betwah
General Sir Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast (1834-1913) winning the Victoria Cross for his actions at Mundisore (where he saved the life of Lieutenant Dew) and at Betwah (Betwa)

Mountstuart Grant-Duff
Sir MOUNTSTUART ELPHINSTONE GRANT-DUFF Scottish writer and colonial administrator, governor of Madras. Date: 1829 - 1906

Edmund C Risp, Mission
EDMUND CRISP English churchman, missionary to Madras, India. Date: CIRCA 1838

Madras Railway Opens
The opening of the Madras Railway in southern India, European ladies in crinolines and a bishop to bless it on one side of the tracks, mutinous natives on the other. Date: 1856

St George Fort / Madras
Francis Day of the East India Company founds Fort St George in Madras. Date: March 1639

Cinchona / Quinine
A plantation of cinchona - Peruvian or Jesuits Bark - in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu State, India : the governor of Madras plants the first tree in a new plantation Date: 1862

Robert Bourke, Lord Connemara
ROBERT BOURKE LORD CONNEMARA Statesman and Governor of Madras Date: 1827 - 1902

Indian catamaran
Illustration of natives of Madras, India, paddling their catamarans as used at the beginning of the 20th century.Date: 1905

India - Government House from the Park, Madras
Black and white. Large rectangular building, part hidden behind trees and bushes.. Part of India Box, Boswell collection. Slide no. 38. Date: circa 1890s

Silhouette portrait of Sir Charles Oakley (1751-1826), Governor of Madras from 1792 until 1794

Wall pierced by shell
A man points to where a wall of the National Bank, 4 foot thick, has been pierced by a shell in Madras, India, during World War One. Date: C.1914

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